‖ torero
(toˈrero; anglicized tɒˈrɛərəʊ)
Also 8 tauriro.
[Sp.]
A (Spanish) bull-fighter (on foot). Cf. toreador.
| 1728 ? De Foe Capt. Carleton's Mem. 264 So that the poor Creature may be said to fight, not only with the Tauriro (or Bull-hunter..) but with the whole Multitude in the lower Class at least. Ibid. 267 The Tauriroes are very well paid. 1832 Macgillivray tr. Humboldt's Trav. xix. 287 They observe the manners of the crocodile as the torero studies those of the bull. |